Summer is in full swing! We’ve rounded up the best hostess gifts, sure to get you invited back next year.
For a seaside weekend:
[from top left: iittala tea lights, $12.50 each; John Derian shell coasters, $25 each; John Derian spouting whale tray, $94; Hable Construction 5x7 frame in sky bead, $68; white lanterns, $59 each; Poems of The Sea, $13.50]
For a country retreat:
[from top left: Flights of Fancy, $19.95; John Derian swallow mini tray, $68; John Derian lilac oval paperweight, $31; The Gardener's Year, $11.95; handmade copper grater in tortoise, $37; porcelain pear vase, $15; handmade bird call (swallow), $50; Alessi parrot corkscrew, $58; glass chickadee bud vase, $19; John Derian flower petals oval paperweight, $31]
My uber-creative, super stylish, organic baker friend Sarah Magid came out with her first book, Organic and Chic, on June 2! We will be celebrating her with a book signing and party at the shop this Sunday, June 14 from 1-3.
Sarah is a Brooklyn mom of two ridiculously adorable kids who uses all of her creative talents honed in the fashion world (she used to design shoes and jewelry for companies such as J. Crew, Frye, Liz Claiborne, Henri Bendel, among others) to make the most amazing, beautiful, tasty, organic baked treats. Her ‘Goldies’ (organic twinkies with golden frosting) served as my wedding cake last summer! The book is totally beautiful, with photos by Noah Sheldon and styled by Kim Ficaro (style editor from Domino). We will be selling books, drinking pink prosecco and eating Sarah’s cookies and cupcakes all afternoon, so stop on by!
Where:
abitare
309 Henry Street btw. State Street & Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11201
When:
Sunday, June 14 from 1-3pm
A Warm Welcome book signing is TONIGHT. THURSDAY JUNE 4. I wrote June 5 in the original post. Sorry! Pregnancy brain.
Just a quick reminder to stop by our first book signing and party of the summer tomorrow evening (Thursday, June 4)! Condé Nast writer and hostess extraordinaire Amy Elliott will be signing copies of her new book, A Warm Welcome at our shop from 6-8pm. Stop by, say hi, have a glass of wine and meet Amy!
I LOVE these new Tunisian towels that we just started carrying in the shop. The “Fouta” is a towel traditionally used as a Hammam (Turkish bath) towel. Made in 100% pure cotton and woven on “metiers a tisser” in Tunisia, the “Fouta” can be used as a towel to wrap yourself in after showering or at the beach or pool. Wear it as a sarong, throw it on a sofa or use it as a casual tablecloth. And it gets softer each time you wash it! Hand towel/$15, large towel/$62-$73.
